Spend a college game day with the IUP Marching Band! Legend Day gives high school musicians and auxiliary members the chance to experience game day as a member of The Legend. Participants will meet and rehearse alongside our students, learn stands tunes and a halftime chart, rehearse on the field, and perform with the band at halftime.
Music
Follow the link below to access PDF parts for the day. Please note: Paper parts will NOT be provided on site. Please print each part and cut them to put in your flipfolder before arrival. We do not have very much rehearsal time on game day, so please take a look at these parts before you get here—your band directors will be happy to help you. Crimson Express, one of IUP’s traditional songs, is pretty challenging. Don’t get too bogged down trying to learn all of that, and make sure you have ahold of the other songs before Crimson.
Event Staff
William Sugg - Associate Director of Bands, Director of the IUP Marching Band
Jerrod Cannistraci - IUP Marching Band Assistant Director
Elisa Hill - IUP Color Guard instructor
Scott Kemerer - IUP Drumline instructor
Christina Gromley - IUP Majorette instructor
Current graduate students and student leadership of “The Legend” Marching Band
Registration
Registration Fee: $35, payment via debit or credit card only.
Registration Deadline: October 29, 2026
The registration fee covers the following:
- Access to event experience
- Event T-Shirt for participating student
- Meal for participating student
- Game access for participating student (all other attendees will need to purchase tickets for the game)
Directors: Interested in paying for multiple students with a school or booster organization check?
- Please make checks out to IUP Bands (Memo Line: Legend Day)
- Email William Sugg at wtsugg@iup.edu to collect student information
Questions about Legend Day? Email William Sugg.
Rehearsal and Performance Schedule
Legend Day (High School Band Experience Day)
Saturday, November 14, 2026
Registration 8:00 a.m. | Pregame 1:37 p.m. | Kickoff 2:00 p.m. vs. Shepherd
| Time | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration | Cogswell Hall Lobby |
| 8:30 a.m. | Music Sectionals | Cogswell Hall Rooms |
| 9:00 a.m. | Travel to Miller Stadium | — |
| 9:15 a.m. | Rehearse Halftime Music | Miller Stadium |
| 9:50 a.m. | Stretch, Learn Halftime Drill | Miller Stadium |
| 10:30 a.m. | Ensemble Halftime Performance | Miller Stadium |
| 10:50 a.m. | Run Pregame | Miller Stadium |
| 11:00 a.m. | Lunch and Change into Uniforms | Cogswell Hall Rooms |
| 12:30 p.m. | Warm-Up | Cogswell Hall Courtyard |
| 12:45 p.m. | March Down to Stadium | — |
| Time | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | Registration | Cogswell Hall Lobby |
| 8:30 a.m. | Music and Routine Sectional | Location TBD |
| 10:30 a.m. | Ensemble Halftime | Miller Stadium |
| 10:50 a.m. | Run Pregame | Miller Stadium |
| 11:00 a.m. | Lunch and Change into Uniforms | Cogswell Hall |
| 12:30 p.m. | Warm-Up | Cogswell Hall Courtyard |
| 12:45 p.m. | March Down to Stadium | — |
| Time | Session | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00 p.m. | Tailgate | — |
| 1:37 p.m. | Pregame | Miller Stadium |
| 2:00 p.m. | Kickoff | Miller Stadium |
| 3:30 p.m. (approx.) | Halftime | Miller Stadium |
| 5:00 p.m. (approx.) | Postgame | Miller Stadium |
| Following postgame | Dismissal | Miller Stadium |